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Another big week in the Middle East for the women, with Victoria Mboko and Leylah Fernandez in Dubai for another WTA 1000. (Mboko ended up withdrawing, and she was in good company).
Gabriel Diallo was in Delray Beach and Alejandro Tabilo had a great run in Rio.
And in Midland, Michigan – the site of a longtime high-level ITF now a WTA 125, there was massive Canadian content.
Youngsters Raphaelle Lacasse and Ariana Arseneault took the doubles title at a $30K in the Hague. Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Luisa Stefani took the big doubles title at the WTA 1000 in Dubai.
And Alexis Galarneau and Cana-Chilean Alejandro made singles final.
Good effort this week.
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Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
Dubai, UAE (WTA 1000)
Singles
[11] Victoria Mboko
Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: def [13] Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 57 75 63
2nd rd: lost to [WC] Janice Tjen (INA) 76 (5) 64
Doubles
[5] Gabriela Dabrowski / Luisa Stefani (BRA)
1st rd: def [WC] Maya Joint / Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 63 64
2nd rd: def. Marie Bouzkova (CZE) / Janice Tjen (INA) 61 36 [10-3]
QF: def Giuliana Olmos (MEX) / Jessica Pegula (USA) 62 46 [14-12]
SF: def [4] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 46 62 [10-6]
F: def. Vera Zvonereva (RUS) / Laura Siegemund (GER) 61 63
[6] Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Asia Muhammad (USA)
1st rd: lost to Jaqueline Cristian / Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 64 76 (1)
Leylah Fernandez / Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA)
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Delray Beach Open
Delray Beach, Fla.(ATP 250)
Singles
Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: lost to [WC] Eliot Spizziri (USA) [LL] Adam Walton (AUS) 76 (4) 63
Doubles
[ALT] Liam Draxl / Jody Maginley (ANT)
1st rd: def [WC] Trey Hilderbrand / Matt Kiger (USA) 63 63
QF: def Théo Arribage / Albano Olivetti (FRA) 67 (3) 76 (4) [10-6]
SF: lost to [2] Austin Krajicek (USA) / Nikola Mektic (CRO) 64 76 (1)
Gabriel Diallo / Ethan Quinn (USA)
1st rd: lost to [2] Austin Krajicek (USA) / Nikola Mektic (CRO) 67 (6) 63 [10-4]
Singles qualifying
Liam Draxl
1st rd: lost to [4] Zachary Svajda (USA) 62 61
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Rio Open
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (ATP 500)
Singles
Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: def Emilio Nava (USA) 63 63
2nd rd: def. [LL] Francesco Passaro (ITA) 46 76 (0) 62
QF: def Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) 76 (2) 67 (6) 61
SF: def Ignacio Buse (PER) 63 63
F: lost to [8] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 36 76 (3) 64
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Dow Tennis Classic
Midland, Michigan (WTA 125)
Singles
Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def [1] Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 75 26 75
2nd rd: def. Kayla Cross (CAN) 62 62
QF: lost to [8] Mary Stoiana (USA) 63 64
Kayla Cross
1st rd: def Cadence Brace (CAN) 64 57 64
2nd rd: lost to Katherine Sebov (CAN) 62 62
Cadence Brace
1st rd: lost to Kayla Cross (CAN) 64 57 64
Doubles
[4] Kayla Cross / Anna Rogers (USA)
1st rd: def Martina Capurro Taborda (ARG) / Gomez Pezuela Cano (MEX) 61 60
QF: lost to Lea Ma (USA) / Darja Vidmanova (CZE) 62 76 (5)
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Play In Challenger
Lille, France (ATP Challenger 125)
Doubles
Cleeve Harper / David Stevenson (GBR)
1st rd: def Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli (IND) / Theodore Winegar (USA) 76(2) 36 [10-7]
QF: lost to [1] Jakub Paul (SUI) / Matej Vocel (CZE) 64 76 (4)
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Chaca Challenger Metepec Open
Metepec, Mexico (ATP Challenger 75)
Singles
[4] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def Nick Hardt (DOM) 63 60
2nd rd: def [Q] Cannon Kingsley (USA) 64 36 63
QF: def Edward Winter (AUS) 57 75 75
SF: def [6] Andres Andrade (COL) 57 75 64
F: lost to [5] Borna Gojo (CRO) 61 64
Taha Baadi (MAR)
1st rd: lost to [Q] Cannon Kingsley (USA) 63 60
Juan Carlos Aguilar
1st rd: lost to [7] Andres Martin (USA) 62 63
Dan Martin
1st rd: lost to [Q] Alafia Ayeni (USA) 75 retd
Doubles
Dan Martin / Alafia Ayeni (USA)
1st rd: def Taha Baadi (MAR) / Joshua Sheehy (USA) 60 76 (4)
QF: lost to [3] George Goldhoff (USA) / Calem Puttergill (AUS) WALKOVER
Juan Carlos Aguilar / Noah Schacter (USA)
1st rd: lost to Pranav Kumar / Karl Poling (USA) 67 (2) 63 [10-5]
Taha Baadi (MAR) / Joshua Sheehy (USA)
1st rd: lost to Dan Martin / Alafia Ayeni (USA) 60 76 (4)
Singles qualifying
[12] Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: def Pranav Kumar (USA) 46 62 64
Final rd: lost to [6] Guillaume Dalmasso (FRA) 64 26 75
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ITF The Hague Indoor 2026
The Hague, Netherlands (ITF $30K)
Singles
Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: def Fiona Ganz (SUI) 63 64
2nd rd: lost to [3] Anouk Vrancken Peeters (NED) 64 64
Doubles
[1] Ariana Arseneault / Raphaelle Lacasse
1st rd: Bye
QF: def Caijsa Wilda Hennemann (SWE) / Marie Weckerle (LUX) WALKOVER
SF: def Tilwith Di Girolami (BEL) / Lauryn John-Baptiste (GBR) 46 76 (0) [10-7]
F: def [3] Valentina Ivanov (NZL) / Rebecca Munk Mortensen (DEN) 64 36 [10-5]
Singles qualifying
[5] Raphaelle Lacasse
1st rd: def [WC] Pleun Vermeer (NED) 63 60
Final rd: lost to Sabine Rutlauka (LAT) 75 46 [10-7]
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The Lake Las Vegas W35 Pro Tennis Open
Las Vegas, Nev. (ITF $30K)
Singles
[Q] Nadia Lagaev
1st rd: lost to Kristina Liutova (RUS) 62 63
[Q] Isabella Marton
1st rd: lost to [WC] Chukwumelije Clarke (USA) 64 63
Doubles
Nadia Lagaev / Kristina Liutova (RUS)
1st rd: lost to [4] Martina Okalova (SVK) / Anita Sahdiieva (UKR) 61 64
Singles qualifying
[5] Nadia Lagaev
1st rd: def Basak Eraydin (TUR) 61 61
FInal rd: def [12] Yilin Chen (USA) 63 75
[7] Isabella Marton
1st rd: def Katsiaryna Skachkova (BLR) 62 62
Final rd: def [14] Nikol Mircheva (GER) 62 76 (5)
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M25 San Jose
San Jose, Costa Rica (ITF $30K)
Singles
Joshua Peck
1st rd: def to Pepijn Bastiaansen (NED) 46 76 (3) 76 (7)
2nd rd: lost to [7] Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida (BRA) 36 62 76 (10)
[Q] Volodymyr Gurenko
1st rd: lost to [WC] Jerry Roddick (USA) 60 60
Doubles
Joshua Peck / Alejandro Hayen (MEX)
1st rd: def [4] Blu Baker (GBR) / Billy Suarez (USA) 62 64
QF: def Nathan Ponwith (USA) / Justin Roberts (BAH) 75 62
SF: lost to Jayson Blando / Michael Blando (USA) 63 76 (2)
Singles qualifying
[4] Adam Farag-Cao
1st rd: def [WC] Julian Garnier (CRC) 76 (2) 62
Final rd: lost to [11] Jeffrey Fradkin (USA) 57 62 [10-6]
[10] Volodymyr Gurenko
1st rd: def [WC] Dmytro Kovkin (UKR) 62 64
Final rd: def Anders Matta (CHI) 63 26 [10-2]
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Palm Coast Open
Palm Coast, Fla. (ITF $15K)
Singles
[4] Alexandra Vagramov
1st rd: def Misa Malkin (USA) 60 61
2nd rd: def. [Q] Lyla Messler (USA) 57 61 75
QF: lost to [6] Bella Payne (USA) 26 62 64
[5] Ana Grubor
1st rd: def [WC] Juliana Nicole Singeorzan (USA) 64 62
2nd rd: lost to Emily de Oliveira (USA) 76 (5) 46 64
Doubles
Ana Grubor / Alexandra Vagramov
1st rd: lost to Isabel Adrover Gallego (ESP) / Sofia Johnson (GBR) 62 26 [10-6]
Singles qualifying
[12] Selin Vakalapudi
1st rd: lost to Alessandra Crump (USA) 62 57 [10-4]
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Antalya Series
Antalya, Turkey (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
[12] Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan
1st rd: lost to Alexandru Cristian Dumitru (ROU) 36 62 [10-6]
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Egypt 7 Sharm El Sheikh Men’s Future
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
[16] Nicola Ion
1st rd: lost to Marko Nikolic (SRB) 64 62
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)
Women’s singles qualifying
Keira Blackbeard
1st rd: lost to [WC] Charlotte Cora-Bruneton (FRA) 61 64
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